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John March (clergyman)
John March may refer to: * John March (colonel), businessman and colonel in the Massachusetts Bay militia * John March (barrister), English barrister and legal writer * John March (bishop) John March (born 1863 in Northern Bay) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls ( la, Dioecesis Grandfallensis) (erected 29 February 1856, as the Diocese of Ha ..., Canadian bishop See also * Jack March, American tennis player and promoter {{hndis, March, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John March (colonel)
John March (10 June 1658 – July 1712) was in a variety of businesses in Newbury, Massachusetts. He was a colonel in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Bay militia and, in that position, was active in a number of military operations against the French and Indians by the English in King William's War and Queen Anne's War. During King William's War, March took part in the Battle of Port Royal (1690) and the failed expedition to Quebec. March was injured in the Northeast Coast Campaign (1703) and then was put in charge of the Siege of Port Royal (1707). The siege was a failure, due in part to his indecisiveness in command. Though superior in numbers, the Massachusetts troops withdrew after some unsuccessful attacks. At least one member of his force, Chaplain John Barnard (clergyman), John Barnard, urged a more vigorous offensive. Governor Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, with able assistance from Bernard-Anselme d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, was the successful commander of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John March (barrister)
John March (c.1611–1657) was an English barrister and legal writer. Early life There remains doubt over John March's background. D. A. Orr in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' tentatively identifies him with the John March admitted to the degree of B.C.L. 27 November 1632, as a member of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; and more confidently with the John March of Barnard's Inn in 1635, of Gray's Inn in 1636, and called to the bar in June 1641. Long Parliament employee ''An Argument or Debate in Law of the great question concerning the Militia'' (1642) by March argued the legality of Parliament's moves to raise troops. By early 1644, March was working for the Committee of Both Kingdoms. On 20 August 1649 the Council of State nominated him as one of four commissioners to go to Guernsey; three years later (6 April 1652) he was chosen by the Council of State to Scotland, with three others to administer justice in the courts. In 1656 March seems to have been acting as secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John March (bishop)
John March (born 1863 in Northern Bay) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls ( la, Dioecesis Grandfallensis) (erected 29 February 1856, as the Diocese of Harbour Grace) is a Latin suffragan in the Atlantic Canadian ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Jo .... He was appointed bishop in 1906. He died in 1940.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgrfl.html CH References 1863 births 1940 deaths Canadian Roman Catholic bishops {{Bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |